Swift Soho
Soho
Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below
Cuisine Guide
Cocktail Bar places in London, selected for the guide. Compare menus, price ranges and atmosphere before choosing.
Our editors' ranked picks for London:Swift Soho, American Bar at The Savoy, Lyaness, Tayēr + Elementary, A Bar with Shapes for a Name.
| # | Venue | Neighborhood | Price | Why it makes the list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swift Soho | Soho | $$$ | Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below |
| 2 | American Bar at The Savoy | Strand | $$$$ | The 1893 hotel bar that wrote the cocktail manual the rest of London still reads |
| 3 | Lyaness | Bankside | $$$ | Mr Lyan's South Bank flagship, the first 3-PIN bar in the Pinnacle Guide, Thames at the window |
| 4 | Tayēr + Elementary | Old Street | $$$ | World's 50 Best No.5, two rooms that split the modern London bar in half |
| 5 | A Bar with Shapes for a Name | Haggerston | $$$ | Remy Savage's Bauhaus-precise cocktail room on Kingsland Road |
| 6 | Discount Suit Company | Aldgate | $$$ | Wentworth Street's unmarked basement, the City fringe speakeasy that does not need a velvet rope |
| 7 | Happiness Forgets | Hoxton | $$$ | Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010 |
Soho
Two-floor Old Compton Street cocktail room, aperitivo bar upstairs, three-hundred-whisky lounge below
Strand
The 1893 hotel bar that wrote the cocktail manual the rest of London still reads
Bankside
Mr Lyan's South Bank flagship, the first 3-PIN bar in the Pinnacle Guide, Thames at the window
Old Street
World's 50 Best No.5, two rooms that split the modern London bar in half
Haggerston
Remy Savage's Bauhaus-precise cocktail room on Kingsland Road
Aldgate
Wentworth Street's unmarked basement, the City fringe speakeasy that does not need a velvet rope
Hoxton
Hoxton Square's basement, the small, no-fuss cocktail room the trade has booked since 2010
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